Govt proposes to set up 4 new RIEs in Bihar, Andhra, Maharashtra & Chandigarh

The
Government has proposed to set up four new Regional Institutes of
Education (RIEs) in Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Chandigarh.
Giving the information in a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Minister of
State for Human Resource Development, Dr Shashi Tharoor said, the state
Governments have been asked to provide 50 acres of land free of cost for
setting up of these RIEs.

He said Bihar has offered 25 acres of land for free of cost in
Muzaffarpur district while Andhra Pradesh has identified land but formal
proposal is awaited. The Minister said, Chandigarh expressed inability
to allot land free of cost while Maharastra is yet to initiate the
proposal.